8,000 Homeless Veterans on the Streets of LA

[tekisui]

Source: CBS News

(CBS News)

LOS ANGELES - In four tours in Iraq, Sgt. Freddie Cordova saw friends blown up by IEDs, and learned to kill or be killed.

"What keeps you warm in Iraq during the winter is your hate," he tells CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker. Back home in 2008, he was diagnosed with severe depression and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

"I know for a fact that I am different now," Cordova says, "that I experience anger and hate at a whole 'nother level."

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LA is the homeless veteran capital of the U.S. with more than 8,000 on city streets. It makes Cordova angry again especially since just blocks away sits almost 400 acres -- half the size of Central Park -- donated to the U.S. government after the Civil War expressly to provide housing for disabled veterans.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/27/eveningnews/main20074834.shtml#ixzz1QWucZlBu

[leftstreet]

1. K&R

:-(

[roguevalley]

2. that's two and a half times more people totally in my town. god help

us from our disgraces.

[lib2DaBone]

3. When will America realize.. that the Military is the enforcers for Big Oil?

Declare victory and bring our troops home. Rebuild America first.

[classysassy]

4. Where are the moral leaders

we need in order to stop the madness of greed,hate,and insanity that is so wide spread in our country?The politicians are criminals with a permit to lie,cheat,and do all sort of immoral things without being held accountable.History tells us we are worse than the Romans were at the height of their debauchery.I pray that Our Lord will send us another savior to save this land from the evil that resides within our borders,the lying politicians are not the answer,we need a person with morals not just flowery words.Oh how I wish we could elect Bernie Sanders as our next president.

[bigwillq]

5. K and R (nt)